It’s time to look at some of the new Firefox extensions making the rounds lately. Without further adieu, TubeStop: This extension for Mozilla based web browsers disables autoplay on YouTube videos. It lets you open multiple videos in multiple tabs without them all playing at once. It also works on YouTube videos embedded in non-YouTube […]
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Best of FREE Linux Apps
We covered a list of best free Mac OS X apps few weeks back. It’s time to show the love to the penguin. Lifehacker has again come up with an incredible list of free linux apps. A lot of the apps are what I use as well. So, here it is with a few of […]
How to Use Gmail’s iPad Interface in Your Desktop?
Google just rolled out a nice two-pane Gmail interface for the Apple iPad and other tablet devices like NotionInk ADAM. If you have been wondering if you could try it out in your desktop without selling an arm and a leg for an Apple iPad, you are in luck. It’s the age-old switching user agent […]
Mozilla’s Geode Brings GeoLocation to Firefox 3
With our recent iPhone 3g purchase, it has been awesome to use GPS based iPhone apps that can find your location and suggest things you are looking for around you. The variety of apps that make use of this feature is just mind boggling. I could look up movies, restaurants, stores, etc right from our […]
Quick Tip: Access Google Tasks In Full Browser Window
Google Tasks has been a welcome addition for a lot of Gmail fans. Plus, Google Tasks has been made available from a variety of Google web apps like Google Calendar, etc. The only downside so far is that Google Tasks opens in a small window inside of Gmail or Google Calendar. Google Tasks can now […]
A Social Network to Share More of Your Life – Your Purchases
This concept may not sit well with everyone but it is interesting nonetheless. There is a social network for everything. You name it and there is a network for it. Remember the site GDGT – a social networking site for gadgets where you can share, review gadgets you own and ones you want publicly? Blippy.com […]
Early Look at DocSyncer – Sync Your Docs with Google Docs
Google Docs & Spreadsheets have started to make me think different about I use and organize documents. I keep track of some of my spreadsheets online at Google Docs just because I can access it from anywhere with a browser and update it. I still missed at times when I found it easier to work […]
StumbleUpon Update: StumbleThru sites
I was just talking about how StumbleUpon’s categories are broad in my last post. Now, this doesn’t address that particular topic, but definitely a plus as a feature. Even though the StumbleThru page is accessible right now, they haven’t formally announced this feature in the home page yet. What they have done is to provide […]
Dropbox Updated for Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 9.10 dubbed Karmic Koala was recently released. One of the major features was the introduction of a file sync service from Ubuntu with 2GB free space. Dropbox has long offered support for Ubuntu Linux. And they have answered yet again by updating it for Ubuntu 9.10. If you’d like to try Dropbox or even […]
Grand Central goes Mobile
We wrote about GrandCentral a while back and it has been one of our most popular articles as you might have noticed in the sidebar! If you haven’t read our earlier article, Grand Central is a free service that offers you one phone number for life! Here is a glimpse of my post before you […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 2008-12-03
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving holidays if you are in the US. We sure did. We had a great time with a bunch of friends and a lot of good food. Let’s look at a few Firefox extensions I came across since my last post. FireStatus: You can update your status messages in Twitter, […]
Windows 7 Release Candidate – Official Download Link
Microsoft Windows 7 has been creating a steady buzz with the release of beta. The Release Candidate has also been making the rounds in torrent trackers. Microsoft has made an official Windows 7 RC available for download. It looks like Microsoft took enough precautions to handle the load from a surge of beta downloaders wanting […]
Bored with Google Reader? Try Fastladder
I came across this new web based RSS Reader through Lifehacker and bookmarked it to try it out later. I got around to trying it today and here are my impressions on it. What readers have I tried? I am a RSS feed junkie fan. I have tried desktop and web based readers. And I […]
Free HTML5 Online Editor: Aloha Editor
HTML 5 is gaining steam so fast that a lot of folks are interested in getting on board this fast moving train. If you have been looking for a HTML5 editor, here is a quality free one. Aloha Editor is a free downloadable browser based HTML 5 editor that is designed to be lightweight and […]
